Spanish Novels: Llamada perdida (Spanish Novels for Upper-Intermediates - B2)

Spanish Novels for Upper-Intermediates - B2 #18

by Paco Ardit

I know how tough it is to find good readings to learn a new language.
You don't usually have a large vocabulary or are able to read long and complex sentences.
You'd like to go right to the fun stuff, but maybe it's too hard for you now.
A typical Spanish reader isn't interesting or just plain boring.
But this book is not like that.

Learning with Spanish Novels is easy and straightforward. Forget about difficult long texts with English-translations. This book for Spanish learners is not like that. It will take you to the next level in less time. That means less effort and struggling towards your way to fluency in Spanish. Improving your Spanish can be lots of fun.

Llamada perdida is the book number 20 of the Spanish Novels Series. This Upper-Intermediate Spanish Reader is packed with useful expressions you need in everyday greetings, asking questions, talking to friends, etc. Anyone who has an upper-intermediate command of the Spanish language can take advantage of this book. You need to know conditionals, gerund, pluperfect and simple past tenses. Besides, in this book you will find longer and more complex sentences and chapters.

Belén, a 20-year old girl from Venezuela, is receiving phone calls from unknown numbers. In the beginning, she is a little annoyed and just makes fun of the mistery person. Later on, she finds out that the anonymous man knows much more from her than she thought. Then, she'll start to worry.

This Spanish Book for Upper-Intermediates will show you the most used grammar structures in different situations. As the difficulty level is just right you will learn and enjoy it at the same time. This Upper-Intermediate Spanish book will definitely help you work your way up toward more advanced readings.

From the First

En medio de la película, mientras revisaba sus mensajes de Facebook, Belén recibió un llamado. La pantalla de su celular mostraba el cartel “Número desconocido”. Evidentemente, la persona que la estaba llamando no era uno de sus contactos. Belén miró la pantalla durante unos segundos y esperó a que la otra persona cortara. En general, Belén no contestaba llamadas de números desconocidos. Y mucho menos cuando estaba viendo una película en el cine. Cuando el celular dejó de vibrar, volvió a abrir la aplicación de Facebook. Siguió respondiendo mensajes y viendo publicaciones durante otro rato.

Unos 20 minutos más tarde Belén volvió a recibir un llamado. Nuevamente era un número desconocido. Al igual que antes, esperó que la otra persona cortara y siguió con lo que estaba haciendo. En ese instante pensó: “Si vuelve a llamar le corto enseguida. Qué inoportuno. Llamar cuando estoy en medio de una película”. Poco antes de que terminara la película, recibió un nuevo llamado. Esta vez, cortó enseguida. Al salir del cine fueron con Iván a cenar. Mientras cenaban en el patio de comidas del shopping, Belén recibió otras dos llamadas del número desconocido. Sin decirle nada de esto a Iván, apagó el celular.

Genres: Spanish Literature, Fiction

181 pages, Paperback

Published March 31, 2016

About the author

Paco Ardit is the author of the Spanish Novels Series. He was born in Madrid, Spain, in 1976. Since the early 1980’s he lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He loves learning and teaching languages, reading books, and writing fiction. His mission is to create the best materials for language learners who don't want to settle for easy and boring.

Combining his experience in learning, languages and fiction writing he comes up with fun and engaging graded readers in multiple genres: Mystery, Detective Stories, Romance, Comedy, Drama, and more.

Reviews

[Cees · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ondanks enkele latijnsamerikaans-spaanse woorden toch een prima lees-leerboekje

[Ian Jones · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is another great novella from Paco Ardit. It’s at B2 upper-intermediate level so unless you want to be dipping into a dictionary or grammar every two minutes, you will need to have a pretty good understanding of conditionals, gerunds and the various past tenses. Also, be aware that the novel is set in Venezuela and uses Latin American forms. If you’re a bit shaky with the pluperfect or conditional forms, you might be better off reading some of Paco Ardit’s books at A1, A2 or B1 before you tackle this one.
I won’t give away the plot of Llamada Perdida, Suffice to say that it is creepy (in a good way) and for your money you not only get a thorough lesson in Spanish, you get an imaginative and entertaining story that reflects a slide of Spanish/Latino life.
This is the third B2 book of Paco Ardit’s that I have read in the last few months. I’m going to read the remaining two at this level before going on to read his C1 and C2 books (there are three of each at the moment). By then I think I might be ready to read some “real” (and that’s not casting any aspersions on Paco Ardit) Spanish and Latin American literature.

[Diana-Michaela Shaffner · Rating 3 out of 5]

Llamada perdida is a mysterious story of a girl who is experiencing some serious boyfriend relationship problems. One of them may even be a handsome stalker with some hideous plans for her. The story is slow in the first part of the book but does become more interesting later on. The book is intended for intermediate learners of the Spanish language which seems a very appropriate rating.

[Robert M · Rating 3 out of 5]

Probablemente más de tres estrellas. En general, fue interesante, pero algunas partes son un poco lentas. El nivel de las palabras y la gramática casi parece B1. La historia dio bastante miedo al final. Me preguntaba cómo iba a reaccionar Iván en función de cómo lo describieron al principio. Probablemente busque otros libros de este autor.

[Susie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great for practicing

Easy read...great for practice. The story line was a bit borring, but got more interesting as the story unfolded. It's a great book for intermediate level.

[Amber Blackstone · Rating 5 out of 5]

The plot was fairly predictable, but I was surprised at the end.

[Luisa Fowler · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book for practicing Spanish!

[DavidO · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good, though becomes a bit unbelievable at the end.

[David Olson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good, though becomes a bit unbelievable at the end.